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Friday, 17 December 2010

There is always that one person who you cant think what to buy them but they aren't the type of person to be happy with a bottle of Baileys?! Let me help you! Aromatherapy Associates have some gorgeous gifts ready packed for you.
Ultimate Collection... contains their 9 hero bath & shower oils. Thats 9 of the most relaxing baths they will ever have!

Pure Indulgence candle... I was sold on the name! 42 hour burn time, its is 100% natural plant wax fragranced with jasmine and geranium.

Luxury Skincare Ritual... contains full sized products from their coveted Anti-Age range. The set includes, Instant Skin Firming Serum, which restores firmness and radiance, Fine Line Face Oil helps to plump the skin and diminish lines and wrinkles, intensely moisturising Rich Repair Nourishing Cream, packed full of rainforest botanicals and the ‘hero’ Overnight Repair Mask, which is a highly effective instant skin repair. These products can be used individually or layered over the skin for an intensive treatment. You save a huge £49.50 with this set!

Thursday, 16 December 2010

One of my favourite brands to gift my friends with is Benefit. The cute packaging along with the universal colours and products go down well with any of my friends. At Christmas, they offer the best gifts at great prices. Below are a couple of my favourites... incase, you know, you fancied buying me anything!
All you need is gloss... for any lipgloss lover, 6 different colours in travel friendly sizes. 2 of my favourite colours; Life on the A List and Who are you wearing? are on the same stick!

Her name was Glowla... these sets are brilliant! Mini versions of everything you need for a touch up. My holiday make up always has lots of mini palettes like this so I can have ass many different things on hand at once!

Crescent Row... smaller sizes of 4 of the best perfumes from The Crescent Row perfume collection and all in a cute case!

Powder Time Lover... 3 of the best selling beauty powders... a must have!

All are available from here or your local Benefit counter. Perfect gifts for your sister, friend... or me!

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Day 2 of the Christmas countdown has me lusting over The Sanctuary Spa's gift sets. If you're going to be given a gift set, you want it to be one of theirs! My favourite and of course their top end set is the Time for You Gift Voucher. Not only do you get a voucher for the following;

Day Spa admission (Mon-Sun)

50 minute face or body treatment

One-course Lunch and glass of Champagne in our A La Carte Restaurant

50 minute treatments available:

Sanctuary Full Body Massage

Aromatherapy Full Body Massage

Luxury Manicure

Luxury Pedicure

Youth Boosting Hand Rescue

Perfectly Polished Pedicure

Sanctuary Hot Sugar Scrub

Revitalising Wrap

Lava Shell Massage

Sanctuary Prescription Facial 50 Minutes

Yummy Mummy

You also get a gorgeous Heroes Christmas gift set containing some of their best products so you dont have to wait till your day in the spa to start treating yourself. Love it.
You can purchase yours and all their other lovely sets here or by calling The Sanctuary Spa on 0844 875 8447.

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Its time for the official Christmas gift countdown! If you are looking for inspiration, stay tuned over the next few days!

Day one kicks off with a gorgeous Neal & Wolf gift set. The indulgence collection contains Ritual daily shampoo, conditioner & Harmony Intensive Care Treatment. Perfect for giving that dried out central heating hit hair some love. The range is infused with silk, milk proteins and liquid shea they promise to deliver brilliant shine. The Neal & Wolf scent has been created by the perfume house behind some of the world’s finest scents. The whole range smells amazing and makes your hair soft, smooth and manageable and adds that extra glow that my hair seems to miss at this time of year. The set comes in a lovely presented box which just makes the whole present opening experience even better!

Give your hair a bit of luxury! The set retails at £29.95. You can get yours here.

Friday, 10 December 2010

The last thing you want with all the late nights, bottles of wine and chocolates on tap in the office is for you skin to suffer in the run up to the big C. I've already adopted the 'brightening' products to get me through. My skin may say alive and well but my head will be screaming for a bacon sarnie!

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

I'm ready to get my lash on! I love a good pair of lashes for a party. I dont like to go too over the top but to boost what I dont have, I have to fake it. There are now tons of brands on the market setting fake lashes, its easy to get drawn in. Girls with Attitude have a great range of lashes and nails to you can go from day to party in one big swoop.

The band on them is thin and flexible so they are easy to apply to any eye shape and they come with a brush to apply the glue to the lash band. I have never seen this before! No more lumpy glue to try and cover up! They are cute, girly and have a big range to choose from.

You can buy them from Boots or Superdrug or from their website where they are having a sale! You can get 25% off when you spend £10 plus you get free delivery. Get yours now!

Monday, 6 December 2010

When I first heard about Rapidlash I was excited. I had wanted to try a lash growth product for ages but really didnt want to spend £100+ on a product that I wasnt sure if it would definitely work on me. For a rival product, readily available and for £39.99, it was worth a try. At first I saw a couple reviews and knew I wanted in. When it comes to products like this, you dont know how your eyes will react. Some people report redness, soreness and stinging. Me? I had no issues at all. The first few nights I used this I did wake up with dry eyes but I cant say if it was this that caused it as it didnt stay.

I have used it everynight now for 12 weeks give or take a few nights where I forgot or was just being lazy! I'd say about 5-6 nights this wasnt applied. In the first couple of weeks I saw a little growth spurt then nothing until all of a sudden at 8 weeks they started again. I would say my lashes have grown 3-4mm using this and you can definitely tell my looking at my lashes. They were quite short for my liking to start with but now they are a nice length that when I layer on mascara, I dont feel like I need fake lashes to boost my look on nights out, although I sometimes cant resist!

I am really happy with the results I have had so far with Rapidlash. I am going to continue to use it for a further boost and see how I go. The tube is said to last 8 weeks which is the recommended time of use but I am 12 weeks in and no sign of it running out any time soon. You definitely need to try this. You can buy yours from Boots.

Friday, 3 December 2010

My new (yes, I have once again changed it!) hair colour is red. Now if you have been red before you'll know that getting the red out of brunetter hair is a hard task but keeping it vibrant over blonde is even harder. Lucikly Pantene have launched a new range called Colour Protect. Thew new range offers up to 8 weeks colour protection and you can choose either smoothness or volume.

There are 7 products in the range from shampoo to shine spray which means you can protect your colour from shampooing to styling. It has that clean Pantene smell and the results last. My bleached out hair is pourus and means that it is loving the frizz right now...boo! The smooth range from this collection has really helped to make me look more sleek chic and less Side Show Bob!

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

John Frieda have launched their Precision Foam Colour. A permanent colour range which takes away all the stress and mess of home dye. Instead of your usual cream or liquid colour, the foam means no dripping, no staining and even, flawless colour as it expands through your hair. Each bottle contains 2 litres of foam so even thick, long hair on requires one box of dye and not 2 saving you time and money. There is no horrible smell to contend with and you can carry on your day while you wait for the developing time to complete knowing you wont leave drips around the house or on your forehead!

There are 20 colours to chose from in the collection from Blonde to Red. You can become the shade you want without the worry of patchy and uneven colour. Development time only takes 20 minutes and 30 mins to cover stubborn greys.

Precision Foam Colour is out in stores now ready for your new Christmas shade! For more in formation on Precision Foam Colour visit www.facebook.com/johnfriedauk